GRE Word List
RIDDLE
a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum
The meaning of the word riddle is a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| blush | outward appearance : view |